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BOSTON | Mike Miliard | June 18, 2013 | 11:03 AM | Quality and Safety, Policy and Legislation
A longtime proponent of evidence-based medicine, Donald Berwick, MD, former administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, believes his home state's healthcare system can be a "model for the nation." More
Bernie Monegain | June 18, 2013 | 11:00 AM | Electronic Health Records, Cloud Computing
Watertown, Mass.-based athenahealth and Miami-based CareCloud, two EHR companies that espouse the advantages of the cloud, seem to be on a fast track for growth. More
NATIONAL HARBOR, MD | Diana Manos | June 18, 2013 | 10:26 AM | Business Intelligence, Claims Processing, ICD-10
If there was an overarching theme at the HIMSS Media/Healthcare IT News ICD-10 Forum on June 17, it was this: Don't wait to get your house in order for ICD-10. Though the Oct. 1, 2014 deadline for the transition from ICD-9 to ICD-10 is more than a year... More
WESTBOROUGH, MA | Erin McCann | June 18, 2013 | 10:22 AM | Electronic Health Records, Financial/Revenue Cycle Management
Nontraditional care delivery models such as accountable care organizations and patient centered medical homes have been gaining traction in the healthcare arena, with more than half of physicians and other industry professionals now participating in these... More
WASHINGTON | Anthony Brino | June 18, 2013 | 10:02 AM | Electronic Health Records, Mobile/Wireless, Policy and Legislation
ONC has a real understanding of the importance of consumer engagement, the head of the ONC's Office of Consumer eHealth, says. When ONC was originally created and even when HITECH passed, there was a lot of emphasis on providers and hospitals. But it... More
Daniela Chueke | June 17, 2013 | 02:58 PM | Quality and Safety
Marcos Garcia, vice president of Cerner Brasil, spoke to E-Health Reporter during the Hospitalar 2013 Fair. More
NATIONAL HARBOR, MD | Diana Manos | June 17, 2013 | 11:19 AM | Meaningful Use, Electronic Health Records
Farzad Mostashari, MD, the national coordinator for healthcare IT, asserted today there would be no extension of the deadline for switching from the ICD-9 medical coding system to ICD-10. The deadline for conversion would remain Oct. 1, 2014, Mostashari said... More
REDDING, CA | Erin McCann | June 17, 2013 | 10:32 AM | Privacy and Security
Redding, Calif.-based Shasta Regional Medical Center, a Prime Healthcare Services hospital, has agreed to pay $275,000 to the Department of Health and Human Services to settle alleged HIPAA privacy rule violations. More
CHICAGO | Mike Miliard | June 17, 2013 | 10:30 AM | Electronic Health Records, Quality and Safety, Workforce Management
The American Medical Association announced June 14 that it will donate $11 million to 11 U.S. medical schools as part of its Accelerating Change in Medical Education initiative. More
PLYMOUTH MEETING, PA | Bernie Monegain | June 17, 2013 | 10:12 AM | Meaningful Use, Electronic Health Records, Quality and Safety
ECRI Institute, an independent, nonprofit organization that researches the best approaches to improving patient care, has released a new report, "Risk Managers' 10 Strategies for Health IT Success." Based on ECRI's research and interviews... More
Jeff Rowe | June 17, 2013 | 10:02 AM | Electronic Health Records, Quality and Safety, Financial/Revenue Cycle Management
There's a commonly held perception that healthcare is a process in which doctors take care of patients. But increasingly healthcare stakeholders are figuring out that, at times, a more effective way to help patients get healthy is to show them how to... More
WASHINGTON | Diana Manos | June 14, 2013 | 10:28 AM | Mobile/Wireless, Quality and Safety, Policy and Legislation
In a June 13 safety communication, the Food and Drug Administration warned medical device manufacturers; hospitals; medical device user facilities; healthcare IT and procurements staff and biomedical engineers to put safeguards in place to reduce the risk of... More
